bomberpunk Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) after reading this thread from 2006 i went out and bought this Lithium CRV3 battery, as it should give me 10 years of life. the question is, how do i connect this thing to the saturn? should i solder two wires directly from the battery to the contacts in the saturn?? edit: this guy uses AAs, but that won't last 10 years. Edited January 6, 2014 by bomberpunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seob Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I recommend a batteryholder. It's very difficult to solder wires onto a battery. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) i had to modify the AA battery holder (removed the bottom contacts and ripped out the middle piece of plastic), now i just need to unhook the Saturn from my tv, remove the 2032 cell, and solder the two wires. edit: i just found this page, so... i guess i need to open up the system rather than solder onto the button cell battery terminals as i originally planned. Edited January 6, 2014 by bomberpunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) ...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand now i can't find where the +/- solder points are on the friggin board. nice. this picture is bullshit: after figuring out where this is on the board, i have a rectangular microchip sitting in the spot where these two blue & white wires connect to....unless those are the solder points of where the button cell holder is located... too blurry for me to tell... Edited January 6, 2014 by bomberpunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) triple post!! ... using an LED to test, i know what the hell i'm doing now, and that photo above is right. ... update: new wires are connected, and tested working... now i just have to remember how to reassemble the Saturn! Edited January 6, 2014 by bomberpunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 (edited) QUADRUPLE POST... done!! now i don't have to worry about losing Sega Saturn data until 2024-ish. oh yeah and i have 2 extra screws all of a sudden....LOL. Edited January 7, 2014 by bomberpunk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Wow. I'd like to see some pics of what the monster looks like now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RARusk Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Not to rain on anybody's parade but wouldn't it be better to find a way to put in some sort of SD Card reader and save your games on an SD Card instead of relying on either the battery saves or the memory cart? Or is that not possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 the Saturn memory cart has an obsolete (serial?) port to connect to older PCs, and i'm sure came with a CD with wonky software. i forget. no such SD card based storage has been developed. hopefully the fine folks at krikzz.com change that in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 So, the Saturn doesn't use external memory cards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenorman Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 So, the Saturn doesn't use external memory cards? There are external memory cartridges that you can get. You don't need one though unless you fill up the internal memory or want to copy your saved games to another console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 oh yeah and i have 2 extra screws all of a sudden....LOL. I'm going to guess they hold (held) the power jack to the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 nope, those are in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonaUSA Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 nope, those are in! Take is as a gift from the Saturn. Merry Christmas! On a more serious note, I really would like to know how this could be done, although I can't solder. Ah well, I can dream can't I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 i just soldered the black/red wires of one of these to the contact points on the Saturn motherboard as shown here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) update: maybe the battery exploded or something but after less than two months i lost all my save data. ii also found that my A/V connection is loose. hopefully it's a damaged cable and not the output on the console. Edited March 4, 2014 by bomberpunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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